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Every once in a while, a man gets lucky. I was bored Saturday morning, so I
rode about 10 miles out of town to a yard sale that was being held a second
time, after advertising a lot of tools for sale last week. I have about all
the tools I can handle at the moment, but hardware and material is always
welcome. When I got there, it turned out to be a workshop sale, actually.
The man was a construction electrician, and It looked like he had scarfed up
every loose thing from all the jobs he had ever worked on. The family had
gotten what they wanted. Someone had bought about all the tools the previous
week, so I set about looking at the other stuff in the shop. The place was
about 24X30 feet, and was FULL of the types of stuff us pack-rat types covet
the most, and in multiples. The workbenches and shelves in the shop were
piled about 2 inches deep at the forward edge, and the stuff thickened to
about 10 inches deep at the rear of the benches. There were so many
different types of hardware items that my eyes got tired of looking through
it after about 2 hours, with NO ONE else there, except for the widow or her
grandson stopping in every so often to see how I was doing. Examples of
purchases were a full box of Tapcon screws for 50 cents, new 20 amp GFCI
receptacles for the same price, and an 8 pound container of knockout punches
for $2. The punches were randomly dug from the piles of materials scattered
about on the benches. There were more electrical supplies than a lot of
small hardware stores have. Breakers, boxes, floodlight fixtures abounded.
Just too much stuff for the casual observer to comprehend. I filled the rear
of my Blazer with trays of some of the more relatively organized materials,
and the lady was so glad to see it gone that she would not take more than
$25 for the lot. I felt guilty, but she insisted. She plans to clear the
shop, then tear it completely down to erase the memories, I gathered. She
just wants the stuff gone. She gave me her name and number and begged me to
come back for more. I'm considering taking 55 gallon barrels with me next
time, and just raking the benches off into them, hauling them home, and
sorting later. It was unbelievable how much stuff was in there. This is what
happens to your stuff when you die, so enjoy it while you can.

Weighing labor, and assets gained, against storage available....hmmm, sound
familiar?

RJ

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"Have no one say it, and say it to your shame, that all was well here, until
YOU came."





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On Sun, 9 May 2004 22:52:13 -0400, "Backlash"
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Every once in a while, a man gets lucky. I was bored Saturday morning, so I
rode about 10 miles out of town to a yard sale that was being held a second
time, after advertising a lot of tools for sale last week. I have about all
the tools I can handle at the moment, but hardware and material is always
welcome. When I got there, it turned out to be a workshop sale, actually.
The man was a construction electrician, and It looked like he had scarfed up
every loose thing from all the jobs he had ever worked on. The family had
gotten what they wanted. Someone had bought about all the tools the previous
week, so I set about looking at the other stuff in the shop. The place was
about 24X30 feet, and was FULL of the types of stuff us pack-rat types covet
the most, and in multiples. The workbenches and shelves in the shop were
piled about 2 inches deep at the forward edge, and the stuff thickened to
about 10 inches deep at the rear of the benches. There were so many
different types of hardware items that my eyes got tired of looking through
it after about 2 hours, with NO ONE else there, except for the widow or her
grandson stopping in every so often to see how I was doing. Examples of
purchases were a full box of Tapcon screws for 50 cents, new 20 amp GFCI
receptacles for the same price, and an 8 pound container of knockout punches
for $2. The punches were randomly dug from the piles of materials scattered
about on the benches. There were more electrical supplies than a lot of
small hardware stores have. Breakers, boxes, floodlight fixtures abounded.
Just too much stuff for the casual observer to comprehend. I filled the rear
of my Blazer with trays of some of the more relatively organized materials,
and the lady was so glad to see it gone that she would not take more than
$25 for the lot. I felt guilty, but she insisted. She plans to clear the
shop, then tear it completely down to erase the memories, I gathered. She
just wants the stuff gone. She gave me her name and number and begged me to
come back for more. I'm considering taking 55 gallon barrels with me next
time, and just raking the benches off into them, hauling them home, and
sorting later. It was unbelievable how much stuff was in there. This is what
happens to your stuff when you die, so enjoy it while you can.

Weighing labor, and assets gained, against storage available....hmmm, sound
familiar?

RJ




sounds like there's more than you can use- care to share the loot with
wreckers in your area?
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